Larry
Cole, coach of 50 NCAA Division III All-Americans in a 20-year head
coaching career, enters his seventh season at Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology this fall.
Cole
has led the Engineers to back-to-back Heartland Collegiate Athletic
Conference Men's Track and Field titles in 2008 and 2009 to mark the
first Rose-Hulman athletic team with consecutive league
championships since the men's basketball squad accomplished the feat
in 1996 and 1997.
Cole
has helped revitalize the Rose-Hulman women's track and field
program, while continuing the tradition of men's success. The women
have established 39 school records in the last five years, including
the team's best-ever finish with a third place in the 2007 HCAC
Championships.
For
his efforts, Cole was honored as the 2008 and 2009 HCAC Men's Track and Field
Coach of the Year for the third and fourth league-wide awards of his
coaching career. At Rose-Hulman, Cole has coached a pair of
track and field All-Americans in Sutton Coleman (400 hurdles in
2009) and Ryan Schipper (pole vault in 2007).
A Closer Look
Years at Rose-Hulman:
7th
Years at NCAA Division III: 22nd
Track and Field Honors:
Coached 50 NCAA All-Americans; 1996 men's and women's track regional Coach of the
Year; four-time conference Coach of the Year
Athletic Experience: 2003-Present: Track and field, cross
country coach at Rose-Hulman 1997-2003: Athletic Director, Lima Bath (Ohio) H.S. 1990-97: Track and field, cross country coach, Ohio
Northern University
1982-90: Track and field, assistant football coach, Muskingum
College
1980-82: Football, assistant track and field coach, Maysville
(Ohio) H.S.
1979-80: Assistant football, track coach at Muskingum College.
1978-79: Track and field, assistant football coach, John Glenn
(Ohio) H.S.
1977-78: Freshman football, middle school boy's basketball,
track coach, East Muskingum (Ohio) Middle School.
Education:
B.S.,
Muskingum College, 1977; M.S., University of Dayton, 1997.
Cole's success extends to his cross country squads.
In 2008, the Engineers enjoyed their best conference finish in 20 seasons with a
second-place effort at the HCAC Championships. At Ohio Northern, his teams
earned four league runner-up finishes from 1990-97.
He has coached 30 all-conference runners, one All-American and
one Ohio College Division Runner of the Year throughout his cross country
coaching career.
Cole's efforts also helped Rose-Hulman land the hosting role
for the 2007 and 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National
Championships. He previously served as the meet director for the 1995 NCAA
Division III Indoor Track and Field Nationals at Ohio Northern.
Cole began his coaching career at Muskingum College (Ohio) as
the men's and women's track and field coach from 1982-90. At Muskingum, he
coached 52 conference champions, 15 NCAA Division III All-Americans, and four
conference women's championship teams.
Cole then moved on to Ohio Northern University, where he
coached 72 conference champions, 33 NCAA Division III All-Americans, and was
twice named conference Coach of the Year from 1990-97. He was also named both
the Great Lakes Region men's and women's Coach of the Year in 1996.
Off the track, Cole served as the first vice president of the
NCAA Track and Field Coaches Association of 1997 and served on the Executive
Committee of the United States Track and Field Association from 1995-97.
